ARAIA's P.O.V
"Give me the flower!"
"I don't want to!"
Vin and Xin are arguing over a flower.
"Here, you can use mine."
I gave Vin the flower that I'm holding, he gladly accepted it and continued making a flower crown.
We’re now here at the backyard of their house, we’re making a flower crown for fun.
“I didn’t know that you could do something like this using a flower!” Freya said.
She’s doing great making a flower crown, so far, I noticed that Freya is smart. She caught up to the things around her easily and she can decide for her own, not like the other girls her age.
"Freya, how old are you?"
"I'm 15.”
She answered me while still doing her flower crown.
She’s only 15?
She’s quite mature for her age, to be honest.
She acts like a seventeen year old girl although she tends to have these colorful hair clips around her head and she’s always in a ponytail. If you observe her inside the house, she’s a reliable sister to her two brothers.
Her cheerful personality makes her look like she’s a child but her mature side makes her look like a girl that’s becoming an adult.
“Why’d you ask?”
“Nothing, how’s your crown?”
“Look!”
She showed me what she’s doing, it’s beautiful.
“Wow! It’s so beautiful, Freya, you did great!”
She’s so happy that I complimented her work, the same as the twins.
“But what are you doing?”
Vin asked me.
The other two looked at me curiously so I showed them what I was doing.
"It’s also a flower crown.”
“But what are these?” Full of curiosity Xin asked.
“These are locks, so the flowers won’t fall off.”
Their faces look amaze, what a funny reaction.
“But why do yours look amazing while ours doesn't?” Xin said while pouting.
What does he mean?
I observe my flower crown, it’s just average looking. Oh!
“Are you talking about the color combinations?”
They look confused again.
I explained to them what color combination is and gave them an example on how to combine colors. Later on, I helped them to create a flower crown while combining the colors so every flower will suit each other.
“Woah…”
“It looks completely different from before!”
“That’s right, because color combinations are important also.”
“You’re really great!”
“Nah! I just know how to combine colors.” It’s no big deal.
“No, you’re really great! You’re so smart sister Raia!” The twins said.
Aw…
“Well, thank you…” It’s kind of awkward to receive compliments as I’m not used to it but they’re so cute to just avoid it.
I teach them some more and Xin seems like he’s really enjoying what we’re doing, he caught up faster than I thought.
We continued playing until the snacks that Mui made arrived.
“Take a break, kids.”
The twins greet their mother while Freya and I prepare the carpet for the snacks we're going to eat here.
“You’re smart…”
Hmm?
I glanced at Freya, did she say something?
“Pardon?”
She’s looking at the snacks we’re preparing so I couldn’t see her face clearly.
She didn’t answer me so I just continued preparing the snacks.
I swear, I heard someone…
“It’s okay now!” Freya shouted after we’re done preparing the snacks on the carpet.
“Yey!”
The twins are happy while eating the snacks.
It’s a sweet potato. It’s drying my throat but the snacks were accompanied by juice so it’s alright. Besides, this is the only snack that they’re making everyday so I don’t really have a choice.
Should I tell them some snack recipes that I know?
Maybe next time…
“Did you make this?” Mui asked me. She’s pertaining to the flower crown that I made.
I nodded my head.
“Wow, you’re so good at making these.”
I can feel my cheeks burning from what she said. Why do I feel shy all of a sudden?
“T-thank you…”
Shoyo came to our direction, holding an ax, he must be cutting logs in the forest.
“Hello everyone.”
The twins came running to him.
“How’s my family?”
“We’re good! We’re making flower crowns!”
They boast about the flower crown we’re making.
“Wow. These are wonderful, how’d you know how to do this?” He asked the twins.
“Araia taught us!”
Shoyo looks amazed by the flower crowns of his sons. He's so proud of them, I can tell.
“You’re talented.” He said, now, looking at me.
Again!
“T-thank you.”
Why are they so affectionate? I am not used to this!
Just like before, when we’re eating, they’re so sweet to each other especially Mui and Shoyo, their family looks like they’re used to those sweetness but I am not!
It’s awkward for me at first but then I eventually get used to it.
I remember the first time I noticed them being affectionate to each other, I am so jealous because I haven’t experienced it before.
My parents wouldn’t even dare look at me. I admire their family, I wish I had one.
When it’s dinner time, hours passed like usual, we ate then spent the rest of our free time watching the sky.
We’re now in the backyard, lying on the carpet in an open space while looking at the sky.
“Do you know that there’s a star called sirius?”
Vin looked at me.
“What’s that?”
“The star, there’s a star called sirius.” So, they don’t have an idea of Sirius.
“No, I mean, what is a star?”
“...”
Oh! They don’t know what a star is.
I point my finger to the sky, in which we can see a star.
“Do you see those shining things up there?”
Vin nodded.
“Those are called stars.”
“Oh…”
“Yup, and there’s a star called Sirius, it’s the brightest star up there.”
Although it’s what it is from Earth and I don’t know if we’re still on Earth, let’s just pretend that it’s also the brightest star here.
“Wow, can you tell me more about it?”
“Sure!”
I told him what I know about constellations, he looked interested in it so I added some about the universe and such.
Looks like Vin is the type of person who likes to talk about stars and such, while Xin is the artistic type.
They’re so cute.
I wish I had brothers like them…
MY DAYS passed like that.
We’re playing when we have free time, I am helping the house and so far there’s no monsters attacking.
“Raia, can I talk to you?”
Elder asked me.
I nodded my head in response.
We went to the room where we talked last time and he asked me to sit.
“Do you need anything Elder?”
“Yes.”
He showed me a map that’s made from cloth, or can you even call this a map?
All I can see is a set of lines… It’s even brown, the same as the cloth but it’s much darker.
Elder points in a direction.
“This is where we’re going to go to meet my friend.”
My eyes widened, are we finally going to meet his friend?!
“We’re going to go to his house?”
He nodded.
At last! I couldn’t contain my excitement because this is what I’ve been waiting for.
“When are we going to go there?”
“We’ll go there next week but I don’t think that I can accompany you.”
Why not?
“Why, Elder?”
He told me that there would be an important meeting regarding the situation of this village and the recent monster attack and as he is one of the elders, he needs to be there.
“Is that so…”
Is it alright for me to travel alone? What if there’s monsters again and they attack me? I don’t even know basic self defense, and they’re much stronger than me! I’m just a human and they’re still wolves!
“Isn’t it dangerous?”
Elder sat on the chair across mine.
“It is, but I will help you find someone who will accompany you when you travel.”
Is it enough? Who could it be? What if that person finds out that I’m not a wolf and does something bad to me?
I wouldn’t risk my safety, if I can go some other time, then I’ll just prefer that over this.
“I can go some other time, Elder.”
“Are you sure? You don’t have to worry about who’ll accompany you as I assure you that he is safe to be with.”
“But what if that wolf found out that I’m not a wolf?”
What will we do? It’s concerning since none of them would be by my side. I’m just feeling safe when I’m with them…
“I promise you that he won’t do anything bad to you, we can trust him, he’s my nephew and my right hand.”
“...”
My trust issues can’t cope up…
“I don’t know Elder…”
I’m not really sure if I can relax if someone whom I don’t know will accompany me on my journey, and it’s a man.
“Do you want to meet him first?”
I am so concerned about it, so I think it’s really better if I meet him first.
I agree with Elder Baster, he said that he would arrange a meeting for me and his nephew within these days.
“Thank you for doing this.”
I held Elder’s hand. I'm glad that he is helping me even though I’m not from this world.
“Don’t worry about it, I want you to be with your family again so I’m helping you.” He tapped my head.
Ha…
If only I had someone like them…
“I’ll teach you some things about what you should do when you travel.”
“Okay.”
Elder gave me ideas on what I should do and what I should remember to avoid being caught.
While he is talking, I can already feel my hands sweating just by thinking that it isn’t impossible for me to face danger while traveling.
“Can I ask you a question, Elder?”
“Sure.”
“I’m just really curious about this, do wolves have this special ability like they can smell someone’s blood like vampires?”
I’m not really a fan of vampires and werewolves so I don’t know much about them, I just know the basics that they can transform, something like that. And I’m dying to know if they can smell blood because if they can, that would be the end of me…
“What are vampires?”
Elder asked.
Oh yeah, I forgot that it’s only werewolves here.
“Nevermind that Elder, but can you really smell blood?”
Elder shook his head.
“Ha…That’s great.”
At least, they can’t smell blood, right?
I will be doomed if they can smell blood.
“How did you get the idea that we can smell blood?”
Elder looked curious so I told him what I know.
From what vampires are and what I know about wolves. Although my knowledge isn’t that great, he still wants to know what I know about them.
“What imagination you got there…”
Elder said.
I'm quite embarrassed because I know that those are just stories, but of course, since those stories were passed down generation by generation I don't know anymore what is right and wrong.
Also, I've believed in those stories since I'm a child. That's why I'm thinking like that.
"It would be dangerous if werewolves could smell blood." Elder said.
"That's my thought too."
We share the same opinion about it so I'm glad.
After we talked about important things, I helped Freya arrange logs in the underground.
While we're working, Freya suddenly bumped my shoulder.
"Ouch!"
Can't she see me? But it's not that dark here since we have three torches with fire.
I look at my surroundings, I'm not blocking the way either.
"Oh, sorry."
She continued arranging the logs after she said it.
What's wrong with her? Did I do something wrong?
She's not even looking at me when she apologizes.
"Are you alright?"
I'm concerned about her behavior, she isn't like this. Perhaps she's having difficulty with something?
"I'm okay." Lifeless, she answered.
Something's definitely wrong.
ARAIA'S P.O.VFreya's acting weird…"Freya?" I called for her attention but she didn't pay me a glance. Should I let her just be? We continued arranging the logs but as we're doing it, Freya seems to have a problem from time to time. Like, she's dozing off sometimes then she'll bumped into me and won't say anything.I'm not even sure what's happening to her… We finished arranging the logs and she's still acting like that. even we are having a dinner freya seems to avoid me Did I do something wrong to her? I think I should talk to her later- no, I really need to talk to her because I am so confused about what is happening. She is not telling me anything so I wonder what is going on with her. if this continues, for sure i won't get any sleep as i want to clear things with her first. When we finished cleaning the table, the twins went straight to the backyard to watch the stars again.While Mui and Shoyo went to the sala to relax, Freya was about to go to the backyard when I p
ARAIA'S P.O.V"Should we rest first?" Orlando asked me, we are now walking through this forest but it hasn't been a day and my feet's already aching.That's why I really hate long distance walks."Yes, please…" "I'll look for a spot." Orlando told me to wait for where I am so he can look for a good spot to rest. I did what he said and he started looking. I looked around us, there's just trees and rocks everywhere.I wonder if there would be a wolf attack here… No, let's not think about it."Just what am I thinking?" I play with the rocks that's touching my feet, Orlando's not here.What's taking him so long?I took a glance at the direction that he went to, there's a big tree that's covering it up so I can't see where he is.Just how big is this tree? I can't see its end, it's too bright. I waited for another minute but there's still no Orlando coming.Should I go and look for him?But what if we didn't see each other? Nah, I'm just going to wait here. It's better to wait her
ARAIA'S P.O.V"What are you doing?"A deep voice echoed the whole place.Whose voice is that?I opened my eyes and saw Orlando's shocked expression. He stopped reaching for me and is now just looking in the air, he's not moving, he seems tense all of a sudden.Why is he acting like that?Who is that man for Orlando to act like this is Orlando scared of him?"I greet the alpha Alejandro."Orlando's friend whom he was talking to a while ago said, he seems tense and scared. His voice is trembling and I can tell that he is not sure of what he would say.An alpha?Why is there an alpha here?Orlando didn't bulge. He is still not moving in front of me.Are they scared of that alpha?Wait… if they are scared of that Alpha I should ask for his help!"hmp! hmp!"I tried my best to shout but because of the cover on my mouth, all I can do is to make little noise.as if that snapped Orlando's mind, he looked at me shocked and immediately held me and covered my mouth."Shut up bitch!""Is there an
ARAIA'S P.O.VDoes he really let me live? I am now sitting in this carriage where Orlando put me- oh Orlando, I remember him…If only they told the truth sooner then they would not meet there and that instant.Just why did they have to lie when first of all, they are already scared of the alpha that we met. If they are already scared of him then they must know that he is dangerous and he is cruel but why did they still lie to him.Things would go smoothly if they are being honest.Thankfully, I was saved by Alpha Alejandro. I just remembered his name. I think Orlando's friend called him Alejandro when he greeted him.It has been several hours since that incident happened but I'm still here waiting for the alpha to come back.Last night when Alpha Alejandro walked towards me, he suddenly told me to live, just that one word and I got a second chance to live.His people didn't touch me after that, neither they are mad at me nor kind to me because they are just treating me as if I am no
ARAIA'S P.O.VIt's been a long time since we started walking but I still can't see any villages or houses near us.Just how long should we travel to get to our destination? My feet are also aching because of the rough road. The stones on the road keep on stalking on my shoes. I feel like there's already a wound on my feet and it is as red as a tomato as of now.I am not really fit in this world as I couldn't stand walking for how many hours. I can't stand a couple of hours only if the road is not this rocky.I still glance at my coworkers but they seem to like talking to one another when the alpha is around.So I couldn't get a reason to ask them, besides they are still giving this hostility towards me.So it is really impossible for me to ask them right now.Also, I cannot ask the wolves guarding the Alpha because they are much scarier.Then I guess I couldn't do anything right now but to continue walking and follow them without saying anything.A few hours have passed and we are st
ARAIA's P.O.V All of them are just looking at us, especially me. Seconds later, they all bowed their heads and greeted the Alpha.I did the same but I didn't utter a word. Giselle's still there, hugging the Alpha while crying and looking at me. Look at her!I can feel my blood boiling just by looking at her face. Where is she getting all those confident? I thought Alpha Alejandro is someone who wouldn't let anyone touch him but why is Giselle clinging to him? He's not doing anything about it either, is this what everyone meant when they said that Giselle is someone important to the Alpha?I'm not looking at them but I can feel the pressure of their gaze on me.I somehow felt like there's something overcoming my body…What's that?"What's this commotion?" I almost jumped when Alpha Alejandro spoke.His voice became more strict, he must be angry…Will he kill me? I am also one who caused the ruckus after all…"This girl!" Giselle shouted. How dare she?! don't tell me she is g
ARAIA'S P.O.V"Don't get involved with her." I overheard the conversation of those in front of me. As if I want to get involved with you.I don't want to get involved with you guys either. I rolled my eyes. They've been like that ever since that incident happened. Although I want to ask them why they are like this to me when it is clear that I am not the one who started it, I just keep it to myself. I know that whatever I do, they will always just be mad at me for no reason. I don't even know why they are like that to me, like, did I do something wrong? what's there to be mad at me?Am I dangerous? I don't see myself as one so why are they so triggered at me like I did something terrible to them for them to act like that?! But I don't really know why or where they even get the hatred towards me, I am just thankful that they are not doing some pranks on me anymore just like before.Now, all they do is to avoid me and mumble something whenever I am near them but they are not dar
ARAIA's P.O.VWhat is she trying to say?Is she referring to me?What did I do?"Is it true?" A man in his forties approached me.He is holding a piece of thin log with a sharp edge. It looks the same as the one from the elder' s house.What is he referring to?"What is it?" "Is it true that you're a thief?" What?! "I'm not!" I shook my head multiple times. What is he saying? I'm not a theft!"Liar! I saw you with my two eyes!" Giselle shouted.What the?!"Are you crazy?!" Now she's accusing me of theft?"Get her! She's a thief!" Giselle held my arm and pushed me to the man."Stop pushing me!" I slap her hand and face the man."I think there's a misunderstanding, I don't know what she is talking about and I am telling the truth!" I tried to stay calm as long as I could.Wolves started to gather around us but Giselle looks like she doesn't care at all. "Don't listen to her! I have a witness!" Huh!?Giselle steals the attention of the werewolves around us.When I looked at her,